Wildfire Smoke and Lightning Threaten World Cup Final, Clouds Loom Over Pacific Northwest

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Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouds major cities and dangerous air quality expands from the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest and Northeast as about 9,000 lightning strikes hit Oregon and Washington; experts call the conditions cosmically unlucky while the World Cup final looms amid the smoky backdrop.
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